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All photos are between: January 28, 2004 - (our closing date) and September 26, 2005 (our couldn't take anymore date) - bidding our builder, Ryland Homes, good riddance by officially kicking them out of our construction site of a house (21 months later).

February 29, 2008

Seattle,WA. -"State legislators are taking another stab at a
very reasonable homeowners bill of rights this session. It has already
passed the Senate and is now in the House.

Senate Bill 6385aims to give homeowners -- that is, those who own single-family homes
-- the same rights and consumer protections that condo owners enjoy.
The bill gives recourse to owners stuck with shoddy construction by
holding contractors responsible for their work.

Well, the new bill makes it clear that contractors won't need
liability insurance (as some claim is the case). The latest version
gets rid of the negligence clause via an amendment proposed by Rep. Pat
Lantz, focusing instead on nonwaivable warranties -- not the flimsy
one-year ones contractors often offer home buyers. If a contractor does
the job properly, or fixes something that goes wrong, there is no
cause. But if the contractor does not resolve the issue, the homeowner
will be able to seek compensation.

The bill's sponsor, Sen. Brian Weinstein (who is also chairman of
theConsumer Protection and Housing Committee), is optimistic that the
bill will survive in the House. The protection granted by the bill,
says Weinstein, is "a right everyone assumes that they have," but that
as things stand "99 percent of Washingtonians (who own a single-family
home) don't have any recourse."

It's bizarre that so many homeowners have been left out in the cold for so long. This bill can right the situation."Last updated February 27, 2008 5:17 p.m. PT

February 11, 2008

Here are two headlines that reaffirms what we already knew about dirtbag builders:

Toll Daughter Won't Pay..."On Friday, Toll Brothers filed a proxy
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in it disclosed the
identify of one would-be buyer trying to welch on a contract to buy a
condo from Toll. It is none other than Mr. Toll’s niece, the daughter
of the company’s co-founder and vice chairman."...

Florida Taking Its Toll (Brothers) On Daughter's Condo"Wendy Topkis, daughter of Toll Brothers co-founder and Vice-Chairman
Bruce Toll, is walking away from a Florida condo, just like everyone
else...Does that mean they’ll sue darling daughter? The company’s general counsel says they are pursuing normal procedures."...

Wendy Topkis should seize this opportunity to push for reforms within her father and uncles wayward industry!

Meanwhile, at least we can all rest assured in knowing that we are being equally screwed under homebuilders "normal procedures"!